The Da Vinci Code 达芬奇密码

"Still in the men's room， sir." Lieutenant Collet had been expecting the question.

"还在男洗手间，长官。"科莱中尉已料到他会问这个问题。

Fache grumbled， "Taking his time， I see."

法希咕哝道："看得出，他在磨时间。"

The captain eyed the GPS dot over Collet's shoulder， and Collet could almost hear the wheels turning. Fache was fighting the urge to go check on Langdon. Ideally， the subject of an observation was allowed the most time and freedom possible， lulling him into a false sense of security. Langdon needed to return of his own volition. Still， it had been almost ten minutes.

Collet shook his head. "We're still seeing small movements inside the men's room， so the GPS dot is obviously still on him. Perhaps he feels ill？ If he had found the dot， he would have removed it and tried to run."

Still Fache seemed preoccupied. All evening， Collet had sensed an atypical intensity in his captain. Usually detached and cool under pressure， Fache tonight seemed emotionally engaged，as if this were somehow a personal matter for him.

通常在压力下，他都显得事不关己的样子，非常冷漠，但今晚法希似乎是动了感情，好像是他个人的事情。

Not surprising， Collet thought. Fache needs this arrest desperately. Recently the Board of Ministers and the media had become more openly critical of Fache's aggressive tactics， his clashes with powerful foreign embassies， and his gross overbudgeting on new technologies. Tonight， a high-tech， high-profile arrest of an American would go a long way to silence Fache's critics， helping him secure the job a few more years until he could retire with the lucrative pension. God knows he needs the pension， Collet thought. Fache's zeal for technology had hurt him both professionally and personally. Fache was rumored to have invested his entire savings in the technology craze a few years back and lost his shirt. And Fache is a man who wears only the finest shirts.

Tonight， there was still plenty of time. Sophie Neveu's odd interruption， though unfortunate，had been only a minor wrinkle. She was gone now， and Fache still had cards to play. He had yet to inform Langdon that his name had been scrawled on the floor by the victim. P.S. Find Robert Langdon. The American's reaction to that little bit of evidence would be telling indeed.